Editing MV Virginian (section)

==History==
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Unsubstantiated history from http://www.geocities.com/johannesneels/Magnus.htm :
1984 “ST. MAGNUS” delivered to Reederei Magnus GmbH & Co. Schiffahrts-Kommanditgesellschaft, Hamburg.
1985 “JOLLY INDACO” charter Ignazio Messina Spa., Sicily.
1986 “ST. MAGNUS” management Mammoet Transport, Amsterdam.
1992 “STRONG VIRGINIAN” sold to Van Ommeren Shipping Inc., Stamford.
2012 "Viginian 1" sold for scrap and was beached in August 2013

from: http://phsvanommeren.web-log.nl/phsvanommeren/2005/04/van_ommeren_shi.html
Gebouwd 1984, Schiffbau und Maschinenfabrik Bremer Vulkan A.G., Bremen-Vegesack (33)
16.169 BRT 6.592 NRT 21.{{DWT|5,41}}
1984 opgeleverd aan Reederei Magnus G.m.b.H. & Co. Schiffahrts K.G., Bremen-West Duitsland, in beheer bij Project Carriers A.G., Bad Schwartau-West Duitsland.
1985 in beheer bij Hansa Linie A.G., Bremen, JOLLY INDACO.
1985 herdoopt ST MAGNUS.
1992 verkocht aan Antje Maritime Ltd., Bremen, vlag: Antigua & Barbuda, herdoopt ST MAGNUS.
1992 gekocht door Strong Virginian Navigation Corp., New York-U.S.A., in beheer bij Van Ommeren Shipping (USA) Inc., Stamford, Ct., herdoopt STRONG VIRGINIAN.
2003 verkocht aan Sealift Inc., Oyster Bay, N.Y., thuishaven: New York, 30-6-2003 herdoopt VIRGINIAN.

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Built as ''Saint Magnus'' at [[Bremer Vulkan]], [[Bremen, Germany]] in 1984, ''Virginian'' spent her first years in the commercial shipping service.<ref name="brig">Brigham 2002, ''The many lives of MV Virginian''.</ref><ref name="navsource">Priolo 2004.</ref>  Ironically, the ship that would later be known for carrying military supplies to the Middle East was accidentally hit by an [[Exocet missile]] while off-loading commercial cargo in Iraq in 1986.<ref name="brig"/>  In these early years, the ship was also renamed ''Jolly Indaco''.<ref name="navsource"/>
[[Image:The bow of an LCU 2000 is brought over the forward port side of Strong Virginian.jpg|thumb|left|MV ''Strong Virginian'' lifts a [[Landing Craft Utility|Landing Craft Utility (LCU-2000)]] from the deck]]
[[Image:Mv-strong-virginian-lift.jpg|thumb|left|MV ''Strong Virginian'' lowers an LCU into the water]]
[[Image:Container ship MV Strong Virginian transports four 174 foot LCU 2000 as deck cargo.jpg|thumb|left|Side view]]

MSC first chartered the ship, then known as MV ''Strong Virginian'', in 1992.<ref name="brig"/> For the next five years, a 500-bed fleet hospital was prepositioned aboard the ship as she carried out a variety of missions for the Department of Defense.<ref name="brig"/>  Some of its jobs during this time included delivering equipment and supplies to [[Africa]] as part of [[Operation Restore Hope]], transporting a bio-safety lab from [[Inchon, Korea]], to [[Jakarta, Indonesia]], and ferrying harbor tugs used by the U.S. Navy from [[Diego Garcia]] to [[Guam]] and back.<ref name="brig"/>

On March 14, 1997, the [[United States Department of Defense]] announced a new charter for the ''Strong Virginian''.<ref name="cont97"/>  This contract, number N00033-97-C-3007, was a $23,592,099 time charter contract from the [[Military Sealift Command]] to operator Van Ommeren Shipping (USA), Inc., of Stamford, Connecticut.<ref name="cont97">U.S. Department of Defense, 1997, ''Contracts''.</ref>  Under the contract, the ''Strong Virginian'' was to be used in the prepositioning of [[United States Army]] cargo in the [[Indian Ocean]] at the island of [[Diego Garcia]].<ref name="cont97"/>  The contract included options which could have brought the cumulative value up to [[U.S. Dollar|US$]]47,992,099 and was to expire by March 1999.<ref name="cont97"/>  This contract was competitively procured with 250 proposals solicited and four offers received.<ref name="cont97"/>

Virginian was chartered again in 1998 and, for the next four years, the ship was used to support the U.S. Army.<ref name="brig"/>  Virginian delivered combat craft, [[tugboat]]s and [[barge]]s and other elements of the Army's port opening packages.<ref name="brig"/>  These packages are used to give the military access to rarely used ports in areas vital to U.S. military operations.<ref name="brig"/>  On September 30, 2002, the ship was released from MSC service and returned to its owner.<ref name="usn06"/>

Sealift Incorporated bought the ship from Van Ommeren Shipping USA, Inc. taking delivery on June 10, 2003.<ref name="amo">American Maritime Officers, 2003.</ref>  At that point, Sealift renamed the ship the ''Virginian''.<ref name="amo"/>   Between November 2002 and May 2006, the ''Virginian'' completed 21 missions for the U.S. military, delivering almost {{convert|1700000|sqft|m2}}, or nearly 30 football fields, of cargo.<ref name="brig"/>

On October 16, 2007, the [[United States Department of Defense]] announced that it awarded contract N00033-08-C-5500 to [[Sealift Incorporated]].  This was a $10,614,000 firm-fixed-price contract plus reimbursables for the ''Virginian''.<ref name="cont">U.S. Department of Defense, 2007, ''Contracts''.</ref> The ship was contracted to carry containers laden with ammunition to support the [[War on Terrorism|global war on terrorism]] and the [[United States Central Command]].<ref name="cont"/>  The contract includes options, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $39,814,000.<ref name="cont"/>  If options are exercised, work may continue through October 2011.<ref name="cont"/>  This contract was competitively procured via [[Federal Business Opportunities]] and the [[Military Sealift Command]] websites, with more than 200 proposals solicited and three offers received.<ref name="cont"/>  The U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command is the contracting authority.<ref name="cont"/>

The ship was sold for scrap in August 2012 in Singapore and was recycled in Bangladesh that same month.